Crossing for suspended electric conductors.



No. 655,217. Patented Aug. 7, I900.

J. FLOYD.

CROSSING FOR SUSPENDED ELECTRIC CDNDUGTORS.

(Application filed Dec. 8, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN FLOYD, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.

CROSSING FOR SUSPENDED ELECTRIO CONDUCTORS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 655,217, dated August '7, 1900.

Application filed December 8, 1899. Serial No. 739,694. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN FLOYD, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Washington, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Crossings for SuspendedElectr'ic Conductors, of which the following is a speci fication.

This invention relates to crossings for suspended electric conductors.

It has for one object to provide suchacrossing which shall not necessitate the removal of the trolley-wheel and shall prevent the liability of the wheel jumping and damaging the cross-conductor.

Another object of this invention is to pro- Vide a crossing for suspended electric conductors which will permit the trolley-wheel to pass freely at any speed along either of the conductors at the point of interception.

A further object of this invention is to provide a crossing for suspended electric conductors, the same being formed in the body of the main conductors at the point of interception, thereby not disturbing the current, but making it continuous and certain.

With these objects in view and such others as may hereinafter appear my invention consists in certain details of construction, arrangement, and combination of parts, all of which will be fully described, and the specific points of novelty which will be designated in the appended claims, which are intended to accord in their terms, spirit, and meaning with the prior state of the art and the existing law.

In the drawings forming a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the crossing, illustrating my invention complete. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of one of the conductors, showing a section of the crossing formed therein.

Referring to the drawings, in which similar letters indicate corresponding parts, A represents a portion of one of the main conductors, and B a portion of the other main conductor. At the point of interception or crossing of the main conductors the conductor A is bent up wardly into a curve C, thence down and upward into a similar curve D, forming an inverted double U and the conductor B is also bent upwardly into a curve E, thence down and upwardly into a curve F, forming an inverted double U The conductors cross each other at the points G, thus forming by the four inner sides of the inverted U a lug which prevents the trolley-wheel from jumping and guides it in the direction of the car.

. By means of my improvement all useless parts are dispensed with and there is no liability of it getting out of order, as it is simple in construction, merely being formed in the body of the wire.

I do not confine myself to the exact details of construction, as it is evident that they may be modified in various ways without departing from the principles of my invention.

Having thus described the various features of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a crossing, two suspended electric conductors, each being bent in a double arch at the point of interception, the inner portion of the said arches forming a lug, substantially as shown and described.

2. In a crossing for suspended electric con-.

ductors, the combination of the two main conduotors each being bent in an inverted double U, the inner sides of the inverted U forming a lug, substantially as shown and described.

3. In a crossing for suspended electric conductors, the combination of the two wires, each having a double arch formed therein at the point of interception, the relation of the double arches being such to each other that their inner sides or portions form a;lug,sub-

stantially as shown and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony of which I have hereunto set my hand this 6th day of December, 1899.

' JOHN FLOYD.

Witnesses:

RUDOLPH B. SCHWIOKARDI, W. R. MUSSER. 

